SpacemanTheBigForestBlog

We have lift off! Unique shopping in London

If you live in London or are a tourist you really must come along to the Made in Clerkenwell open studios this weekend. Over 90 designer makers selling work and most of it at special open studio prices. Its been

SpacemanTheBigForestBlog

We have lift off! Unique shopping in London

If you live in London or are a tourist you really must come along to the Made in Clerkenwell open studios this weekend. Over 90 designer makers selling work and most of it at special open studio prices. Its been

TheBigForestBagCharmKeyRingsBlog

A brighter, better blog!

We have now been blogging since January 2012 (gasps of astonishment) and regular readers will have noticed that recently there has been fewer posts about our goods and events. No the pace of making and commissions hasn’t slowed in TheBigForest

TheBigForestBagCharmKeyRingsBlog

A brighter, better blog!

We have now been blogging since January 2012 (gasps of astonishment) and regular readers will have noticed that recently there has been fewer posts about our goods and events. No the pace of making and commissions hasn’t slowed in TheBigForest

HomebakedBlog

English Food: baking bread

Writing in 1857 Eliza Acton in The English Bread Book said ‘A very exaggerated idea of the difficulty and trouble of bread making prevails amongst persons who are entirely ignorant of the process’. How true. At TheBigForest we are on

HomebakedBlog

English Food: baking bread

Writing in 1857 Eliza Acton in The English Bread Book said ‘A very exaggerated idea of the difficulty and trouble of bread making prevails amongst persons who are entirely ignorant of the process’. How true. At TheBigForest we are on

Un bulbeBlog

Meet London Designers. Meet TheBigForest!

As members of Craft Central TheBigForest will be showing their new work alongside 90 London designers at Made in Clerkenwell in May. We will be sharing a studio with our dear friend Katherine Elizabeth the hatter on the top floor

Un bulbeBlog

Meet London Designers. Meet TheBigForest!

As members of Craft Central TheBigForest will be showing their new work alongside 90 London designers at Made in Clerkenwell in May. We will be sharing a studio with our dear friend Katherine Elizabeth the hatter on the top floor

TheGoldenAgeofCanals3Blog

The Golden Age of Canals

An interesting narrative, an opportunity to learn, a surprising twist, nostalgia for England in the 50′s, beautiful images, evocative music… we spent an hour last night watching The Golden Age of Canals over on BBC i-player. Amateur archive footage shows

TheGoldenAgeofCanals3Blog

The Golden Age of Canals

An interesting narrative, an opportunity to learn, a surprising twist, nostalgia for England in the 50′s, beautiful images, evocative music… we spent an hour last night watching The Golden Age of Canals over on BBC i-player. Amateur archive footage shows

ChesterTerrace

Places we love

  Places We Love Places we love exist only through us, Space destroyed is only illusion in the constancy of time, Places we love we can never leave, Places we love together, together, together, And is this room really a

ChesterTerrace

Places we love

  Places We Love Places we love exist only through us, Space destroyed is only illusion in the constancy of time, Places we love we can never leave, Places we love together, together, together, And is this room really a

TheBlueRoute

The Blue Route: Kaarina Kaikkonen

“The shirt is the closest to the heart, so that is why I use shirts. The person is there. My idea is that people could feel themselves to be part of my work, to see themselves somehow, find something new

TheBlueRoute

The Blue Route: Kaarina Kaikkonen

“The shirt is the closest to the heart, so that is why I use shirts. The person is there. My idea is that people could feel themselves to be part of my work, to see themselves somehow, find something new